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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I PHILIPP on, or? ELB nt' neERM-aNY,Ass'reNoitTo THE FARBEN- FABRIKEN, vo'RMA'Ls FR; BAYER &' 001, or SAMEPLACE.

GREENISH- BLUE- DYE.-

SPECI-FIGATION forming partof Letters raters N01 498,404; dait'd May1893 Application filed January 19,1823; SefialNo. 453,902} peoimensdjPatented in France April 28, I822, No. 221,233 and in Italy June 24,18921 XXVI, No. 32.191.-

ToaZZ 1117mm it may co'ncrfn'r Be it knowrithat LPHILIPP O'rT, doctor ofphilosophy, chemist, (assignor'to FARBE aB- RIKEN, vo MALs F. BAYER &00., of Elberfeld, )a subject of theEmperor of Germany, f

residin'gat ElberfeldGe'rmahy, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Mannfactureof Coloring-Matters, (for which theaforesaid FARB NFABRIKEN have, already obtained Letters Patentin thefollowing countries France, No, 22 1,23 3, dated April 28, 1892 andItaly, Vol. XXV I,- No. 32,l 91, dated J unfe' 24,1892 of which thefollowing is a specification.

a new disazo dye-stuff by combining a d'iazo benzene with the so calledOleves alpha naphthylamine beta monosulpho acid (beta or delta,described in the Bulletin" de la Societ Ohtmzque, Vol. 26, page illandBerichte de'r Deutschen O'hemc'schen, Gesellschaft, Vol. 21, page3264) in equal molecular proportions, by rediaz-otizing the amidoazocompound-thus produced and coupling the resulting diazo derivative withthe so called paratolylalphanaphthylaminealphamonosulpho acid (148),likewise in equal molecular proportions.

In order to produce the last named paratolylalphanaphthylamine alphamonosulpho l ),I heat for instance, one part, by g of alphanaphthylamine alphamonop o acid (1:8) with four parts, by weight, of Pratoluidine and one part, by weight, of Paratoluidine hydrochlorate forabout ten hours at a temperature from about 160 to 180 centigrade. ThenI treat the resulting mixture with dilutedacidsand purify the para;tolylalphanaphthylamine monosulpho acid precipitated in this manner byredissolving in sodium carbonate and subsequently decomposing thealkaline solution with acids.

In carrying out my process practically I proceed as follows: 1.3 kilos,by weight, of aniline hydrochlorid or the corresponding quantity ofanother aniline salt or of this free base are diazotized in the knownmanner, for instance, by means of 0.7 kilos, by weight, of sodiumnitrite in moderately acid solution.

The resulting diazo solution is allowed to flow My invention relates tothe production of into solution in water, of 2. 15 kilos, by iweight, ofthe sodium salt of Clvesalpha naphthylamin'e" beta monos'uipho acid(beta i or deltaacid) and aboutfive'kilos', by'w'eight,

'mixture i's heated for a short time at from to centigradey Wh n theformation of the ami-doazo compound is complete, the latter isprecipitated by rendering alkaline and salting out andis' filtered off.It is" then mixed with a small quantity of water and, after adding aconcentrated watery solution r 0.7 kilos, by weight, r sodium nitrite,the a liquid mjxture is acidulated hy'nrean's of mu- =ri aticacid, whichis slowly added on cooling. The mass thus obtained is introduced infoasolution prepared by dissolving in waterasskilos, by weight, ofparatolylalplianaphthy {lamine al'pha monos'ulphonate Qt sodium andsevenkilos, by weight, of sodium acetate. After some hours the mixture isheated fora short time at about 70 centigrade. Then, alkali is added andthe complete dye-stud thus produced is salted out by means of commonsalt, filtered ott, pressed and dried.

My new coloring-matter having the following compositionmen,

C H N=N-C H -N=NC H \so Na \So Na forms after drying and pulverizing avioletblack powder. It easily dissolves in water with dark blue colorand is dissolved by alcohol with the same color. By ammonia it isdissolved with blue color, while it is almost insoluble in sodiumcarbonateand soda-lye, even on heating. In diluted mineral acids, suchas for example muriatic acid or sulfuric acid, it is likewise insoluble.On adding to its watery solutions ammonia or sodium carbonate the colorof the solutions is not altered only, when an excess of ammonia orsodium carbonate is employed, blue or reddish-blue flakes are separated;an addition of soda-lye to its solutions in water causes a precipitationof the dye-stuff in dark blue flakes. When mineral acids are added toits solution in water, the color is changed into bluishgreen, andgradually bluish-green flakes are of sodium acetate. After some days theseparated. By concentrated sulfuric acid it is dissolved with dark bluecolor, which on the addition of ice or icy water becomes at first green,while an excess of water turns the color of the sulfuric acid solutioninto greenish-blue and after some time greenish-blue flakes areseparated. It is adapted for dye ing wool without or with the aid ofmordants and produces greenish-blue shades which are fast against theaction of washing, fulling, light and alkalies. It difiers from thedyestufi whichis described by me in a separate specification, SerialNo.459,911, and formed by combiningthediazo derivativeoftheamidoazocompound fromlequal molecular proportions of a diazo benzene salt andOleves alphanaphthylamine beta monosulpho acid (beta or delta acid) withphenylnaphthylamine sulpho acid obtained by heating alphanaphthylaminemonosulpho acid (1:8) with aniline and a salt of this base, as thislatter coloringmatter contains a phenyl group in place of the tolylgroup contained in the product of this specification and generallyyields on wool redder shades. V

Having thus described my invention and in what mannerit can beperformed,that which I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The process of producing anew coloringmatter by combining equalmolecular proportions diazotized aniline V and Cleves alphanaphthylaminebeta monosulpho acid diazotizing the formed benzene azo alphanaphthylamine beta monosulpho acid and coup ling the obtained diazocompound with paratolylalphanaphthylamine monosulpho acid obtained fromalpha naphthylami ne monosulpho acid (1:8) and paratoluidine,substantially as hereind'escribed,

2. As a new product the coloring-matter having the formulabluish-greenflakes; solublein concentrated sulphuric acid with darkblue color, whichon addition of a little ice-water changes first into green, and onaddition ofan excessof icewater changes into a greenish-blue, separatingfinally greenish-blue flakes; almost insoluble in sodium carbonate andsoda-lye, even on heating; insoluble in dilute mineral acids, suchashydrochloricor sulphuric acids; dyeing wool with or without the aid ofmordants greenish-blue; and having the quali ties substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. t

PHILIPP OTT.

\Vitnesses:

W, M. ESSENWEIN, RUDOLPH FRICKE.

